Table 2

RRs of non-gallstone-related acute pancreatitis by quintiles of vegetable consumption and fruit consumption among 80 019 participants in the study population, 1998–2009

Vegetables (servings/day)Quintiles of vegetable consumption and fruit consumption
<1.31.3–1.92.0–2.62.7–3.7>3.7p Value for trend
Daily servings (median)0.81.62.33.14.6
Cases/person-years90/174 65163/174 70868/180 20357/180 24142/181 333
Model 1 RR* (95% CI)1.00 (reference)0.75 (0.54 to 1.04)0.83 (0.60 to 1.15)0.72 (0.51 to 1.03)0.55 (0.37 to 0.82)0.01
Model 2 RR (95% CI)1.00 (reference)0.78 (0.56 to 1.08)0.86 (0.62 to 1.20)0.74 (0.52 to 1.06)0.56 (0.37 to 0.84)0.01
Fruit‡ (servings/day)<0.70.71.21.31.71.82.6>2.6p Value for trend
Daily servings (median)0.41.01.42.13.3
Cases/person-years71/179 67369/175 55065/179 02560/177 37655/179 512
Model 1 RR* (95% CI)1.00 (reference)1.09 (0.78 to 1.53)1.09 (0.77 to 1.54)1.08 (0.75 to 1.56)1.11 (0.75 to 1.63)0.67
Model 2 RR (95% CI)1.00 (reference)1.14 (0.82 to 1.60)1.16 (0.81 to 1.65)1.16 (0.81 to 1.68)1.20 (0.81 to 1.78)0.43
  • * Adjusted for age (years) (≤50, 51–60, 61–70, >70) and sex. Vegetables and fruit were included simultaneously in the model.

  • As in model 1 and additionally adjusted for educational level (less than high school, high school, university), smoking status (current, former, never), monthly alcohol consumption (grams) (≤100, 101–200, 201–400, >400), body mass index (kg/m2) (quartiles), history of diabetes (yes/no) and energy intake (kcal/day) (quartiles).